I walked all night long with my 45 in my hand – This is Friday Night Blues #225!

Who knew the blues could make a man feel so damn good? Pump up the volume and make it snappy,  I’m feeling relentless. Tonight’s show like every show is dedicated to all my wonderful friends and loyal listeners.  Loving you – Let’s get it on:

The Playlist: Boogie Bone (Ain’t No Good), Dave Walker Band (Big Strong Man), Kellie Rucker (Nothin’ To Lose), James ‘Thunderbird’ Davis (I’m Ready Now), Whiteboy James & The Blues Express (Last Time Was The Last Time), Blue House Band (See About Me), Mighty Sam Mcclain (Where You Been So Long), Rockin’ Highliners (Evenin’), Jeffrey P. Ross (Make It Snappy), Mississippi Shakedown (She’s What the Blues Looks Like), J.C. Smith Band (I Walked All Night Long), T-Bear & The Dukes Of Rhythm (Meanest Girl), Sean Chambers (You’re Gonna Miss Me), Mississippi Mudsharks (Preacher), Bondi Cigars (Howling At The Moon), The Bone Shakers (Cold Sweat) and Rebel Pride (Backin’ It Up).

Your weekly dose of blues wisdom:

A good women is hard to find, you may have to look all you’re life

See you inside!

Come and get it baby, I got some good blues for you – This is Friday Night Blues #224!

Warning! Head nodding good times incoming – Let’s get it on:

The Playlist: Big Mike Griffin (You Wouldn’t Understand),  MonkeyJunk (Small Time Evil),  Ken McMahan & Slumpy Boy (Outside Lookin In),  Don & Steve White (Blacktop Girl),  Nellie Tiger Travis (Higher Ground),  John Nemeth (Just Like You),  Elvin Bishop (Red Dog Speaks),  Meantooth Grin (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead),  The Kilborn Alley Blues Band (Foolsville),  Travis Haddix (Sugar In My Tank),  Big Pete Pearson (Come and Get It),  Dr. Wu’ (High Maintenance Baby),  The Memphis P. Tails (Low Down Dirty Shame),  Elliott And The Untouchables (Got What You Need),  Avey Brothers (I Got To Know) and Jimmy Bowskill (Brokedown Engine).

Your weekly dose of blues wisdom:

When you think that they will, that’s the time that they won’t

See you inside!

One of these days I’ll lay my burden down to rest – This is Friday Night Blues #223!

Steamin’ thru a hot summer night – Let’s get it on:

The Playlist: T. Graham Brown (634-5789), Harmonica Shah (Bumble Bee Man), Scott Ellison (Steamin’), Mud Morganfield With the Dirty Aces (Been Mistreated), Terry Robb (Power Of The Blues), Big Al & The Heavyweights (Where’s My Baby), Juke Joints (99 Pounds), Jim Adam Blues Band (Weepin’ and Bendin), Bobby Rush (Tell Me What’s Going On), Monti Amundson & The Blubinos (Hat Back Blues), Jason Elmore & Hoodoo Witch (Big Money Grip), Aaron Williams & The Hoodoo (Hotel Or Motel), The Mike Reilly Band (Breaking for You), Ian Moore (Not In Vain), Mojo Webb (The Burden) and Elkie Brooks (Road House Blues).

Your weekly dose of blues wisdom:

If you don’t bend you’ll have to break

See you inside!

I’m taking my last drive in a big black Cadillac and when I get where I’m going I’m never coming back – This is Friday Night Blues #222!

A summertime mix bringing on the great joy and I include a number of broom favorites over the past couple of years. Life’s a song – Let’s get it on:

The Playlist: The Mannish Boys (Walkin’ And Walkin), Left Hand Freddy & the Aces (I Heard A Man Singing), Too Slim and the Taildraggers (Crawlin’ Kingsnake), Smokey Joe Wood (Bluesproof Glasses), The Paladins (Hold On), Colin Linden (Big Mouth), Finis Tasby (Sitting In My Window), Delta Moon (Life’s A Song), Billy Jones (Bluez Comes Callin’), Michael k´s rumble pack (Black Cadillac), Howlin’ Hawk & The Leftovers (Blues Keep Falling), Glenn Lane (Stay Gone), Chicago Bob Nelson (When I Had I Didn’t Need), Insomniacs (Broke and Lonely), Mick Clarke (That’s all right), Cadillac Blues Band (You Got To Reap What You Sow) and the Mark Cook Project (When You’re Feelin’ The Blues).

Your weekly dose of blues wisdom:

Time is always moving, the past is truly gone

See you inside!

I shook the Devil’s hand and walked on fire, I laughed in his face and called him a liar  – This is Friday Night Blues #221!

A rollicking ride down a hard rocking modern blues trail – Let’s get it on:

The Playlist: Rufus Huff (Good Morning Little School Girl), Steve Schuffert Band (Backup Man), Dave Perkins (Train at Night), The 484 South Band (Counted), Tony Spinner (Love Junkie), Bill Lyerly (Nothin’ To Show), Hamilton Loomis (Workin’ Real Hard), Lester Butler & The Red Devils (She’s Dangerous), 112 North Duck (Rollin’ Low), Pat McLaughlin (Now Look At You), Bluesrudy & Marko Jovanovic (It Don´t Matter), Paris Slim (High And Lonesome), Storyville (Under Stone), Jes Holts & Morten Wittrock Band (Strong), Mark Kerr (Born Under A Bad Sign), Eli Cook (Backdoor Man) and Big Jim Slade (Still Walkin).

Your weekly dose of blues wisdom:

We fight because we never learn

See you inside!

Bringing reality to an era that was recorded in black & white photos

Must see artwork from Calgary’s Earl Klatzel.

People tried to warn him, don’t go across those tracks – This is Friday Night Blues #220!

Hope you got those flippers nice and limbered up because you be doing some flapping tonight. The top down on a cool summer night, the pedal to the floor, the need for speed – Let’s get it on:
The Playlist: Wes Jeans (Too Late), Terri Hendrix (If Love Was A Train), Johnny Mastro and Mama’s Boys (Sleeping in the Ground), Jesse ”Wild Bill” Austin (Baby’s Home To Stay), Nick Moss & The Flip Tops (Arrowmaker Pass), Rick Estrin and The Nightcats (I’m Takin’ Out My In-Laws), Mojo Blues Band (Hoodoo Man), Cash Box Kings (’48′ Blues), Etta James (Hoochie Coochie Gal), Ruthless Blues (Wang Dang Doodle), Long Distance Call (I Love My Baby), Mighty Mo Rodgers (The Boy Who Stole The Blues), The Backsliders (Taking A Stroll Downtown), Big Joe Louis & His Blues Kings (These You Girls), Patrick Vining Band (Gotta Move) and Albert Cummings (I’m on my way).

See you inside!

We’re going to dance till the moon goes down – This is Friday Night Blues #219!

Guitar driven great joy is on the plate this evening – Let’s get it on:

The Playlist:  The Blasters (Slip Of The Tongue),  Bugs Henderson (Dance Till The Moon Go Down), Mississippi Mudsharks (Dance Mama Dance), R. J. Mischo (Hippie’s Playground), Zac Harmon (Scratch), Tracy K (Spoonful), John Lee Hooker (Hey, Hey), Janiva Magness (The Devil Is An Angel Too), Anni Piper (Great Big Baby), Luther ‘Houserocker’ Johnson (Little Car Blues), Pat Smillie Band (You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had), The Midwest Blues Allstars (Next Time You See Me), Magic Slim & The Teardrops (Still A Fool), Spikedrivers (Young and Stupid), Rich Harper (Lil’ One) and The Force (Boogie on Down).

Your weekly dose of blues wisdom:

You can’t spend what you ain’t got and you can’t lose what you never had

See you inside!

I’m a bad, bad sinner boys, and I just don’t know if I’ll ever get turned around – This is Friday Night Blues #218!

A big thank you to all my loyal listeners who have been with me for almost four years.

I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to keep Friday Night Blues up and running as I’ve recently survived a stroke and I currently find myself having to deal with a number of consequences that I could never have prepared for and my life is in for a few big changes. I can’t complain though, I’m alive.

Lost love, constant pain, deep sadness and uncertainty, a scattered brain playing with the soul with no path forward and the all enveloping stench of fear, she calls.

That be the blues man and come Friday night, at least just for a little while,  I get to step outside of everything, gather up a little strength and say – Let’s get it on:

The Playlist: Magic Slim (Mustang Sally), Stephen Bruton (Right On Time), Jimmy Spacek (Easy Come, Easy Go), Walter Trout (Runnin’ Blues), Eddie Shaw (Got To Go Now), Crudup Brothers (Going Down in Style), Cooley Pope (Rackem Up), Doug Jay (Forever And A Day), Willie Big Eyes Smith And The Juke Joint Rockers (Blindman), Watermelon Slim & The Workers (Bad Sinner), Lee McBee and the Passions (Train Fare), Ash Grundwald (Everyday), Fathead (Too Many Heartaches), The Dermot Byrne Blues Combo (Walking Blues), Paul Mark & The Van Dorens (All the Wrong Dreams), Alan Wright (Hello Everybody) and The Hamsters (Never Get Me Up in One of Those).

Your weekly dose of blues wisdom:

The sands of time are the most precious, use this day for all it’s worth

See you inside!

There is a time for livin’ and a time for love – This is Friday Night Blues #217

Heavy duty on the groovy horns man – Let’s get it on:

The Playlist: Anthony Gomes (Lonely At The Bottom), Sonny Landreth (Taylor’s Rock), Mark May & The Agitators (If You Love Me Like You Say), Junkyardmen (Keep On Workin), Albert Cummings (I’m Free), Cafe R&B (Walkin’ Thru The Park), The Crawling King Snake Blues Band (Hey!), Joe Blues and the Backseat Drivers (Double Time), Cyndi Lauper (Mother Earth), Jeff Strahan (Southern Jeans), Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies! (Mr. Lies), Shemekia Copeland (Livin’ On Love), Barrelhouse (Callin’ Out Your Name), Mudfork Blues (Drivin’ On Home), Gary Moore (Walkin’ Thru The Park) and Lance Lopez (Shame the Devil).

Your weekly dose of blues wisdom:

You can’t put a price on the lessons that you’ve learned

See you inside!